Ceremonial staff · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3035194
German Private Collection
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, decoration nails, carved with a standing male (with long chinbeard) and a female arranged on top of each other, showing similar facial features, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, some decoration nails missing, fine cracks, socle
The object Ceremonial staff with the object ID 3035194 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 148 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000 with an asking price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Boyer, Alain-Michel & Patrick Girard et.al., Arts premiers de Côte d' Ivoire, Sepia 1997, p. 112, ill. 117